Lie detector test scheduled for Lauderdale County woman who reported being kidnapped

Authorities say Ashley Sterry texted her mother Thursday morning saying she had been kidnapped and was being held in a block house. (WHNT News 19)

AUDERDALE COUNTY, Alabama -- Lauderdale County authorities plan to give a lie detector test to a woman who reported being kidnapped last week in northern Lauderdale County, according to The Times' news partner, WHNT News 19.

Ashley Nicole Barrett Sterry, 29, sent a text message to her mother on Thursday morning saying she had been kidnapped and was being held in a block building. She called her mother at about 1:30 p.m. Friday, saying she had been returned to her home on Lauderdale 89 in the Grassy community, according to The TimesDaily of Florence.

Sterry told investigators she was dropped off by a man driving a big, white car, possibly a Lincoln Town Car, according to The TimesDaily. She reported being sexually assaulted and was taken to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital for a medical evaluation, The TimesDaily reported.

Authorities say there is little evidence and many questions remained unanswered, so a polygraph test has been scheduled for Sterry later this week, WHNT reports.

"We gotta give her the benefit of the doubt. We'll get her side of it and see where that leads us," Lauderdale County Chief Deputy Junior Witt told WHNT.